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Sunday, 7 June 2015

How Nurses Can Help The Health Care Industry

It's no secret that the health care industry is changing dramatically in
the United States. With recent government changes, health care is set
to undergo a dramatic increase in both the amount of people covered and
the amount of things covered. Along with a rapidly aging population,
this presents some problems, as well as a host of opportunities.

If you are registered nurse, or thinking of becoming one, then you will
figure prominently in the new health care scenario. In this article I'll
go over a few of the many ways that registered nurses can take a more
active role in patient care in order to decrease the burden on hospitals
and other health care facilities, as well as increase their own
responsibilities and potential salaries.

The first thing to consider is that nurses are often the first line of
defense. More than ever, with overflowing waiting rooms and emergency
rooms, nurses can provide a vital service by taking as much information
and data from the patients as possible. This can save lots of time and
decrease the overall operating cost of any hospital or health care
facility.

Another crucial role for nurses is to provide basic health treatments
and strategies to patients that really don't need to see a doctor.
Common ailments like the cold, minor cuts and bruises, can be adequately
treated by nurses. This can do a great deal to lessen the burden and
increase the value of treatment.

One way many hospitals are using nurses to attempt to decrease the
amount of walk in visits is by setting up hotlines, staffed by trained
nurses. Often times they find that a visit to the emergency room can be
avoided, or postponed to a regularly scheduled doctors visit by a simple
phone conversation. Often times people come to the emergency room
because they really are unaware of what to do. A nurse hotline can
alleviate this problem.

As many people are increasingly participating in managed care health
plans, the average wait in the doctors office is growing by leaps and
bounds. With adequately trained nurses, this can easily be alleviated.
Nurse can take much more data regarding the problem from the patient, so
the doctor doesn't need to spend as much time with them. This will
decrease waiting time, and free up the doctor to see more patients in a
given day.

Nurses obviously perform a much needed role in modern society. As health
care becomes more and more important in the near future, nurses can
help a great deal to increase the quality of health care and decrease
the operating costs of health care facilities.